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Collin College
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Collin College: Email Alludes to Discipline Under ‘Personnel Policies’ After Tweets Criticizing Vice President Pence
October 16, 2020
During the 2020 vice presidential debate, Collin College professor Lora Burnett tweeted that Vice President Michael Pence needed to shut “his little demon mouth up.” After conservative media outlets republished the tweet, state legislators and members of the public demanded Burnett’s termination, and Collin President Neil Matkin said the college’s “execution of its personnel policies”… Read more
In hinting at the ‘execution’ of ‘personnel policies,’ Collin College betrays its duty to vigorously defend professor who criticized Pence
October 16, 2020
Nearly 58 million people watched Vice President Michael Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris square off in the vice presidential debate last week. Online, Americans of all political persuasions sounded off, continuing our nation’s long tradition of arguing over national political affairs. And, of course, some of those Americans were faculty members, leading conservative media outlets… Read more
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